rollo

See also: Rollo, rollò, and röllö

Galician
Execution of Saint Sebastian, tied to a rollo

Alternative forms
  • rolho (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Latin rotulus, through Vulgar Latin *rotlu.[1] Doublet of rótulo and rolo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈroʎo̝/

Noun

rollo m (plural rollos)

  1. trunk
  2. pebble
    Synonyms: callao, croio, pelouro
  3. (historical) pillory (post used as a means of punishment and humiliation)
  4. (historical) scaffold (platform for public executions)
    • 1417, Rodríguez González, Ángel (ed. ) (1992): Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 59:
      por quanto enna tal çidade como esta non avia lugar perteeçente en que se exsecutase a justiça, que acordara de mandar faser enno lugar que disen Monteooris hũu rollo segundo que estava ennas outras çidades do regno
      since in a city such as this there was no place dedicated to the execution of justice he ordered to build, in the place called Monteourís, a scaffold after the ones that were in the other cities of the kingdom
    Synonyms: cadafalso, patíbulo

References
  • “rollo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “rollo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “rollo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “rueda”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Italian

Verb

rollo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rollare

Spanish

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Portuguese rolho, from Latin rotulus. Doublet of rótulo, a borrowing from Latin. Cognate with English roll and role.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈroʝo/ [ˈro.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈroʎo/ [ˈro.ʎo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈroʃo/ [ˈro.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈroʒo/ [ˈro.ʒo]

 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝo
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎo
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃo
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒo

  • Syllabification: ro‧llo

Noun

rollo m (plural rollos)

  1. roll
  2. coil
  3. reel
  4. affair
  5. (colloquial) boring talk
  6. (colloquial) nonsense, tosh
  7. (colloquial) vibes, feeling
    buen rollo ― good vibes
    mal rollo ― bad feeling
  8. (colloquial) fuck, shag
  9. (colloquial, Spain) fling, hookup, thing (a short casual sexual relationship)
  10. (colloquial, Spain) fuckbuddy
    Synonyms: follamigo, amigovio

Derived terms

Further reading
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